Aug 19, 2021 - Sale 2578

Sale 2578 - Lot 175

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000

JERRY DREVA (1945 - 1997)


Self Portrait.
Photographs and razor blades on illustration board, 1981. Signed, Dreva, and dated, 1981, on verso. 273x210 mm; 10 3/4x8 1/4 inches.

Provenance: The artist; Private collection, Cambridge, MA; Private collection, Boston, MA.

Jerry Dreva was best known for his mail art, of which this lot is a prime example. Satire, danger, and self reflection are all elements of the narrative in his works.